Joseph Clarence Wilma Jr., 52, was last seen August 26, 2005, in Covelo, California, while visiting his Mendocino County property with companion Michael Desmet. The two were seen driving Wilma’s 1998 maroon Toyota pickup reportedly toward the China Creek area in southern Humboldt County and were reported missing by their families on September 2, 2005.

Investigators later learned a large illicit marijuana garden on Wilma’s property had been eradicated before the disappearance. In April 2007 human remains, including a jawbone and femur, were found near a marijuana plantation close to Wilma’s property; those remains were later confirmed to be Wilma’s and his death was classified as a homicide. Desmet’s whereabouts remain unknown and he is believed to be a victim of foul play.

The case remains unsolved and the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. Did anyone in the area around China Creek or the plantations see the pickup truck or the two men in late August 2005?